

The above action will open virtual machine wizard. To create a new virtual machine, click on “Create a New Virtual Machine” link.Ģ. Launch it via the desktop shortcut or by going to the Start menu. Once you have downloaded VMware Player, install it in your Windows machine.

I really stress this because the 32-bit version of Ubuntu tends to run more smoothly on less memory (less than 2 GB) which is ideal for virtual machine.ġ. Personally, I recommend you to download the 32-bit version of Ubuntu unless you have tons of memory to spare.

Download VMware Player (free) – Once you have downloaded the software, just install it like any other software.Note: This tutorial shows you how to install Ubuntu, but it will work for most Linux distro as well. VMWare Player is another virtualization software that allows you to run a virtualized OS in your current system. We have previously shown you how to install Ubuntu in a Virtualbox.
